So......Skynet yeah?

TheSisko

TheSisko
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The Federation has launched an initiative to develop autonomous military hardware with which to fight the Thargoids.

Federal Shadow President Felicia Winters shed further light on the initiative, which has been christened the Bulwark Project:

"As the Thargoids' aggression escalates, it's essential that we find ways to minimise casualties while continuing to protect ourselves. Aegis is doing commendable work, but it needn't be our only line of defence."

Imperial commentators have criticised the initiative, however, drawing attention to long-standing conventions against the development of artificial intelligence. Shadow President Winters was quick to dismiss such concerns, saying:

"The purpose of the Bulwark Project is to investigate alternative defence strategies, not to develop machine intelligence."
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If the Thargoids don't kill us, the Federation will.
 

JohnRoberts

JohnRoberts
dude, the purpose of the Bulwark Project is to investigate alternative defence strategies, not to develop machine intelligence...

What could possibly go wrong!?
 

Daniel Cloudsifter

Daniel Cloudsifter
TheSisko said:
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If the Thargoids don't kill us, the Federation will.
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Oh crap! Humanity has already had problems with rogue AIs before, that's why the research was banned!

Worse, we're going to take the same approach as the Guardians? That didn't end well for them (and maybe the reason why we have Thargoids now). Not to mention, both the Guardians and the the Thargoids (D.O.R.I.S. in one of the ED books/HCS voice pack) have AIs.

*sigh* This should end well...
 

TheSisko

TheSisko
"Mr President, I'm afraid that our new defence systems now view all Federal star systems as Non-Human Unidentified Signal Sources, Threat Level 20."
 
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Cosmo

Cosmo
According to the lore AI is not illegal, but machine sentience is.

I guess with "machine intelligence" they refer to sentience.
 

Lori Jameson

Lori Jameson
CMDR_Cosmicspacehead said:
We're doomed!

DOOMED!

Federation/Aegis: "We've perfected our AI minions to save us from this Thargoid threat...!"
Everyone else: "....so why are they just killing everything?"
Federation/Aegis: "It seems they think if they wipe out humanity first, the Thargoids can't do it..."

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CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
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Efficient!
 

Vardaugas

Vardaugas
Han_Zen said:
Just big skimers. Nothing to see. Move along.
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Like that's not a threat? You undock, thinking of nothing bad, an AX Skimmer comes along, bumps into wing antenna, causing you to tumble out of control and explode. Back to the landing pad for a repeat.

Just big Skimmers, yeah. Nothing to see here, yeah. Move along, I wish I could! *exploding noises can be heard in the distance*
 

Deep Thought 42

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This will end well for the Thargoids if they don't Fall over dead from laughing at humanity s stupidity of creating A.I. weapons that they just hack in seconds & turn against us
 

Eidolon

Eidolon
I think the AI weapons/technology could be in some measure very effective against the Thargoids. It will certainly be cool to see it in action, whether its on stations or our ships.

The only thing I am (mildly) concerned about is the exiled AI in elite lore. Something worse than Thargoids, I believe was a quote from one of the novels in regards to something out there from humanities past mistakes (AI Relics anyone?). Can't remember which book though atm.

I'm calling it now, those badboys might take exception to our renewed use of AI. If they subvert the tech or come back towards the bubble themselves, I foresee trouble :)
 
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